The Red True Story Book

Various; Andrew Lang (ed.)

Published by Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1895

About this Item

The first edition of this illustrated collection of true stories, mainly drawn from European history, including Joan of Arc and the Jacobite uprising of 1745. The first edition, in the publisher's original cloth.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and eighteen plates. Collated complete.'The Red True Story Book' is one of Andrew Lang's classic true story collection for children about prominent historical figures, mainly drawn from European history.Titles include 'The Life and Death of Joan the Maid', 'A Wonderful Voyage' and 'How Marbot Crossed the Danube'.One of the 'Lang's Fairy Books' series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published by Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Alleyne. In the original cloth binding. Externally, with sunning to the spine and bumping to the head and tail. Marks to the boards. Bookplate of one Margaret Crichton Stuart to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with occasional spotting. Very Good.

Seller Inventory # 909Y50

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Red True Story Book
• Publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co., London
• Publication Date: 1895
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: Henry J. Ford
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: book
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